IndyGo board appoints interim CEO to role permanently

State of play: The city's BRT project is scheduled to include three express bus lines along high-traffic routes.

• The north-south Red Line is already open.
• The Purple Line, which will travel along 38th Street between Meridian Street and Post Road, is scheduled to open next year.
• The east-west Blue Line is targeted for a 2027 opening, after surviving another legislative effort to kill the project.

Catch up quick: Pyrz replaces Inez Evans, who retired in December after over four years on the job.

• Evans took over IndyGo in July 2019, just weeks before the troubled Red Line launch, and she led IndyGo through a pandemic-induced ridership collapse and a barrage of state legislation aimed at killing parts of the city's bus rapid transit project.

What they're saying: "It's an extremely important position," said Greg Hahn, chair of the IndyGo board of directors. "Obviously we all feel very strongly about this organization and we all feel very strongly about Jennifer."